Tuesday, February 17, 2015

It's time for another round of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens rumors. Our friend Jason Ward over atMakingStarWars.net has posted another round of rumors. Some of these deal with a major twist in the film, so even if you are following the spoilers, you may want to think twice about this one. That being said, Jason also states that he thinks some of the elements of these rumors are dubious at best. Keep both of those facts in mind if you choose to keep reading. So, if you are avoiding The Force Awakens rumors then stop reading now. This is you official SPOILER ALERT!

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Jason posted the emails his source sent him. Here is what they said,

Email 1:

Luke Skywalker – Luke is in hiding during much of TFA. He has put
himself in a self imposed exile and is protecting an ancient sith tomb
from being opened by the main bad guy, Kylo Ren. What lies in this tomb
is an Ancient Sith Lord who may turn out to be Darth Plagues The Wise.
Luke, it is revealed, has been experiencing severe mental torture whilst
protecting this tomb by ghosts of the past, present and future and he
is very unstable as we meet him. His power is terrifying to both himself
and what it could mean for the future of the galaxy. There is talk that
Kylo Ren knows how to unlock this tomb as he has self trained himself
in the ways of the Sith without the need of a master. It is not
mentioned how long Luke has been watching this tomb but it is implied it
has been a few years against the better judgement of his friends. Luke
isn’t crazy so to speak but he has felt the damaging effects this exile
has had on him.

Han Solo – Han has the lions share of work to do on TFA and it can be
said Fords portrayal is closer to ANH/ESB than ROTJ. His arc sets
things in motion by being the person who brings Rey, Finn and Poe into
the mix. It is true that a simple lightsaber leads the trio to Han but
what isn’t mentioned is that Han is extremely reluctant to allow his
daughter to be part of this plan. The scene in the trailer of the falcon
is Han piloting the gang of the planet after Imperials target them
because Poe and Rae help break Finn free of the empire. It is a fact
that Han does die in the movie and his death is poignant but amazing.
There will be sad eyes come December. I’ve heard that Luke kills Han at
his request to save a loved one.

Finn: It is revealed that the Empire have rebuilt their forces
through forced enlisting into their ranks despite ability. Finn’ family
were murdered by the empire and he was caught and enlisted. He
absolutely hates the Empire and is a pacifist. There is a scene which
shows him trying to shoot a blaster and he is awful – it’s a little
in-joke about how inept Storm Troopers were in the OT. Finn and Poe end
up in an imperial brig after being caught. Poe dislikes Finn at first
but Finn, an extremely likeable character, pleads with Poe and Rae to
get him off the ship. Rae sees his plight and they both agree to steal a
TIE FIGHTER. Rae shows how like a solo she is and manages to coerce a
simple minded trooper into conversation and ends up stealing a key card.

The brig escape is pure fun – Old School SW much like the detention
block escape. It is fast paced, funny as hell but you feel the odds
against them. Finn and co steal an advanced TIE and unfortunately it
crashes, injuring Finn. Rae helps both Poe and Finn escape by hiding
them in her speeder and they travel to see Max Von Sydo in a seedy
cantina. Finn shows promise when he uses the lightsaber to deflect some
blaster shots. Rae says something about finding his calling.

MAX VON SYDOW: – I don’t know this characters name but he plays a
watcher to Rae at the request of Solo. A former Rebel Alliance veteran
now dealing in antiquities – very much like a SW version of Brody from
Indiana Jones. It turns out that Rae has a lightsaber which holds
information vital to the rebellion and this is hidden inside BB-8. Rae
is not aware of this and only through the watcher do we understand the
significance of it. It is revealed the weapon, Uncle Lukes, has a
crystal in it that unlocks the tomb in the castle. This crystal is the
main mcguffin of TFA.

RAE: This is Han and Leias daughter. Her real name is revealed
through Han Solo much to the surprise of Finn and Poe. Rae is
resourceful, humourous but is scared of being part of a force family.
Uncle Luke was trying to guide her to being a jedi but she refused. Poe
catches her using the force to move something in her workshop but
doesn’t mention it.

Solo appears at the Cantina with Chewbacca and Rae expresses her
anger at being asked to protect this weapon. Solo explains that it was
necessary for her to use an alias and to be on the outer rim to avoid
ties to her uncle. He says sorry for not telling her the significance
but is thankful. Rae expresses frustration at the watcher who was in on
the ruse.

POE: Poe is this trilogies Han – he is a cocky, foolish but brilliant
pilot. Rae is in love with him which frustrates Han. Han sees Dameron
as his younger self and is slightly annoyed that he is now an older
cocky man. Poe is on the planet with Rae and she is fixing his X-Wing.
It is revealed that he has strong feelings for Rae. He respects Han too
much to act on them. There is a bit of jealousy from Finn as he too
likes Rae but she treats him like a kid.

Email 2:

When we see Kylo Ren in the forest in the trailer, his pose and movement
indicate he is injured. This scene takes place After solo dies and he
is chasing Rey, Luke and Finn into the forest. They are heading towards
Poe and the Falcon.

Ren receives damage in a battle with Luke. At the request of Hans
dying words, Luke spares Ren and escapes with the others. What follows
is a battle between an untrained Finn and Rey after Ren manages to
separate then from Luke. Luke is beaten and is unable to aid them. The
fight shows that Ren isn’t as prominent a fighter as he wants to be and
ultimately is on an even footing with Rey in ability. Finn tries hard to
help but ultimately turns to get Luke on the falcon.

Ren is the son of Han and Leia and therefore brother to Rey. It is
said that Ren, Adam Driver, has been obsessed with his lineage for a few
years and is somewhat an historian with a fascination with the Sith. he
is a pilot with the alliance but you will see that he is quite twisted.
He sabotaged Poes X wing at some point prior to the opening scenes and
this resulted with Poe being on the same planet with Rey. He is arrogant
and cares little for his parents or siblings as he wants to be as
powerful as his grandfather, Darth Vader. Facts are vague but it will be
revealed that there is bad blood between this man and his family.

Email 3:

The Stormtroopers in TFA are given more of a humanity to them. A few
actors/extras were given lines and we see troopers sans helmets in a few
scenes. They definitely aren’t clones here! There is a Weequay and
Rodian trooper in one scene in a hanger bay plus female ST. A scene
described to me involved an Imperial commander belittling an alien.

TFA features a scene involving limb loss. The character is said to
provoke a main character and Chewbacca basically pulls their arm out of
its socket.

The re- introduction of Luke Skywalker is meant to be iconic. Having seen a play by play of the scene, my source said this:

"Luke is huddled against a wall, he is looking at an approaching
figure. We don’t see his face at all and his body is hidden by the dark,
we see various flashes of his hood is over his head and the light only
shows his grey beard. Someone says “Luke?”. He is startled and cowers to
his knees. we are shown his robotic hand, sans glove, with a burn mark
exposing the robotic components. An arm reaches out to try and grasp his
light sabre which is a few inches away on the floor. The light sabre is
smoking. Luke struggles for it and we hear a disembodied voice say
“You’ve failed, Skywalker. Have you felt it? Your struggle with the
darkside and the light “. We hear the first vocals from Luke and his
words staggered and stuttered. He tries to stand but a cackle makes him
cower again. He is further goaded by this voice before he hears a
familiar voice and stands up and pushes his hood back much like obi wan
kenobi did when he first saw Luke in ANH. This is our first proper look
at Luke. This Luke is wizened but crazed, his eyes twitch and are
bloodshot, his robe is tattered, ripped and his beard is scraggy and his
hair grey and long. Luke walks down a few steps and his looking at the
tomb. The disembodied voice says ” You will fail, Skywalker”. Luke falls
to his knees and screams out with arms outstretched. A tremor reduces a
wall partition to rubble and the voice laughs louder. ” They will all
die. I am your only choice”. Luke uses a statue to pull himself up and
he begs the voice to stop. He has no fight left. Luke uses the force to
grab his weapon and he ignites it this time the glow of his green sabre
fully shows us a classic glimpse of an older Luke. We then hear
footsteps and the ignition of a second light sabre, a red glow appearing
in a pool of water near the tomb.

Email 4:

Just to add to my previous message some lines of dialogue from the shooting

“Are you still relying on that ancient religion?”

“We can play this game once we figure out a way to not getting killed!

” hey, the grunt can’t hold that thing let alone use it!”

“ain’t no use to a dead man, Finn”

Email 5:

Hi Jason, not much has been said about Leia in TFA but this is about to change.

in TFA we first meet Leia at a hideout for Rebels. This is the
Greenham common set. She certainly does wear an outfit similar to the
Tantive fleet troops.

Leia is not a politician but a republic martyr in hiding from the
Empire at the insistence of the senate. She is in hiding with the last
numbers of the rebel alliance who we learn have been beaten with no real
hope of stopping a newly growing empire.

There are traitors within her own group.

Both the empire and the rebellion are trying to build super weapons.
What we learn in a beautiful scene with Leia and the Hutts is that crime
lords are funding the construction of the rebels defence of the empire
in exchange for leniency with the senate who will turn a blind eye to
their criminal actions and ultimately protect them from the empire.

The rebels share an uneasy alliance with criminal groups with Han
Solo acting as a go between with a dangerous group of bounty hunters.

The Reublic Senate and the Empire aren’t one and the same. The Empire
wasn’t truly defeated after the battle of Endor and many splinter
groups are in abundance but controlled by a master imperial order.
Storm troopers are a mix of human and alien races.

Email 6:

Hi Jason, to clarify recent reports:

There are two super weapons in TFA. The empire weapon is not a planet
but a super extreme Star Destroyer, the largest vessel in the imperial
fleet. Do you remember the seismic charges Jango used on Obi Wan in
AOTC? Well this SESD has a weapon on it than can effectively split a
planet in two. There is a scene in IMAX which will demonstrate this, it
launchs a bomb that basically sends shockwaves through the core and
splits it. It’s supposed to look amazing.

The Rebels are building a weapon that acts as an EMT which basically
once activated will shut down any imperial ships and effectively crash
them. You may have seen concept art of downed star destroyers, well this
was a result of this weapon being used.

However, the device that controls this weapon has fallen into wrong
hands and getting it back involves our heroes and a rogue imperial.

The super extreme star destroyer houses the Gleeson character who is trying to sabotage the imperial weapon.

Ultimately the weapon is used on the Sith homeworld.

Email 7:

The pirate cove does house rebels but also a rag-tag group of
smugglers, hunters and refugees. Their is a common goal for all involved
and that is beating the empire. One of the smugglers is a character
named Botep, he’s described as humanoid but his torso is stationed on a
droid with spider-like legs. It isn’t revealed how he came to be this
way but he is distrustful of the rebels and blames them for the current
state of things. Another is called Aldro, a female alien who is feisty
and good with a blaster. She is slim build, wears a jump suit like Bossk
but it is green. She has a hood which she wears over her head and has
goggles on her face. The googles are white with a mesh like lens. She
has a few lines with Han and refers to Chewie as “The Rug”. There is a
small character believed to be called ” Fitch” who is a mechanic and
helps Chewie repair the damaged Falcon. Fitch and Chewie have a scene
together which is similar to Artoo and Yoda, playful and very funny.
Fitch is part Cgi and animatronic.

Email 8:

(Gwendoline Christie): plays the lead Shock Trooper and she commands a huge ship called
in the production notes ” Imperial Hand”. She wears a chrome armoured
suit which can cloak itself for stealth missions – this ability is used
twice in the move. Her character is said to be "demeaning to peers,
arrogant, viscious and fearless. She uses a light saber also and is
heavily skilled in hand-to-hand combat. She kills 2 Jedi Padawans in the
movie whilst searching for both Finn and Rae. “Once beautiful now
grotesque” heavily scarred face and military hair cut. “Battle hardened –
an elite killer”.

(Domhnall Gleeson) – This will shock people but this character is an Imperial Cadet
and the son of the huge character. A deserter of the Alliance after
finding out they are constructing a super weapon to irradicate the
empire before they can use their own weapon. Effectively turning the
rebel alliance into the empire by default. DG plans to inflitrate and
destroy the weapon from within.

Email 9:

It is going to be a revelation that Gleeson is related to Luke for
sure. However, we will learn that the character isn’t as wholesome as
his father and will ruffle a lot of feathers in the process. This Tarkin
rumour is bogus – DG is not Tarkin but there DEFINATELY is a tarkin in
the movie. JJ & Kasden are desperate to move away from making the
galaxy seem too small as the prequals did so whilst there is a character
who is related to Tarkin, it won’t be anything major. There are a lot
of strands in this movie which tie into the wider picture. For instance,
there is a slight reference to the Lost Twenty and the fall of the Jedi
Order. Kylo Ren is obsessed with history and you will see that he is
very knowledgable about the secrets the Jedi Order had and how the sith
play into it.

There is no mention of any mother of the Gleeson character and Luke doesn’t reference her.

There are lots of elements that do line up with many of the things we've heard before. But, i agree with Jason that there are some elements that I can't say I totally believe. We won't know for sure until December 18th, 2015

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comments:

The one that resonated most with me was Serkis' dialogue to Luke in the castle. I thought the teaser trailer dialogue seemed a bit disjointed, as if taken from a larger piece and picked apart. It makes sense that there's more to it and I like the idea of Luke hearing voices. That said, no pun intended, I put as much credence in these rumors as any other and can't wait to find out what's real and what's not!

really hope this is true! I love the sounds of this for the most part. If I was a betting man I would say the "once beautiful" inquisitor is Luke's former wife who went evil when he left her to guard the tomb and now she uses the jedi skills he taught her to kill her ex-husbands jedi padawans.

I hope they dont over do it, try too hard and make it overly complex. The plots of the original movies were short and sweet. The story line and the characters connected with the audience and were relatable. I think thats why the prequels didn't do what they could/should have.

This is a carefully cooked up story to throw fans off. The real story is carefully being kept under wraps. I have read several stories out there that seem almost believable like this but are in fact not. Trust me this seems believable but is not. Wait and see and you will see that I was right.

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